Welcome to the personal website for Lamont Black, Ph.D.

I am a college professor with a passion for studying and explaining new trends in the financial system. You can think of me as a financial futurist whose interests focus on cryptocurrency, blockchain, and data analytics.

Interested in learning more about cryptocurrency? Check out my MAP for Cryptocurrency that I developed as a three-part overview for learning about cryptocurrency. This is the core of my live cryptocurrency presentations. Please contact me if you are interested in scheduling an in-person or virtual presentation.

I regularly speak to a wide range of audiences at conferences, board sessions, and on TV, radio, and podcasts to discuss the topic of cryptocurrency and the growing role of technology in finance.

My teaching on cryptocurrency covers aspects of money and investing and has been featured in the Chicago Tribune. In my graduate course on blockchain, I work with business and computer science students to build real-world blockchain applications. My website hosts the content that I cover and the courses that I teach. I teach students at the undergraduate, masters, and doctoral levels. My approach to teaching focuses on “experiential learning” and the engagement of education in the real world around us.

I currently work as a tenured Associate Professor of Finance in the Driehaus College of Business at DePaul University in Chicago. Prior to my current position, I was an economist at the Federal Reserve in Washington, D.C. I spent eight years working for the Federal Reserve (2005-2013) during the period of the global financial crisis, which has given me a valuable perspective on money, the economy, and financial markets.

My research has been published in the Review of Financial Studies, Journal of Financial Intermediation and Journal of Money, Credit and Banking, among other journals. I am an Associate Editor of Journal of Financial Services Research, Global Finance Journal, and Journal of Financial Stability.

Here is my CV.